(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LOITERING. Remaining idle in essentially one location and shall include the concept of spending time idly; to be dilatory; to linger; to stay; to saunter; to delay; to stand around; and shall also include the colloquial expression “hanging around”.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any place to which the general public has access and a right of resort for business, entertainment, or other lawful purpose, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. It shall also include the front, or immediate area, of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business, and also public grounds, areas, or parks.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand, or remain idle either alone or in consort with others, in a public place in such manner so as to:
(1) Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place or building, by hindering or impeding, or tending to hinder or impede, the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic, or pedestrians;
(2) Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place, or building, any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property, or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon, or facing or fronting, any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress, and regress, therein, thereon, and thereto; and
(3) Obstruct the entrance to any business establishment, without so doing for some lawful purpose, if contrary to the expressed wish of the owner, lessee, managing agent, or person in control or charge of the building or premises.
(Prior Code, § 13-8) (Ord. 2005-06, passed 9-6-2005) Penalty, see § 90.99